Psalms 115:9
I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
In Context
8For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.
Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
Psalms 84:11For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
Psalms 118:4Let them that fear the Lord now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 130:7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 115:2-9
The Absurdity of Idolatry. 1 Not unto us, O Lord , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not:… Read the whole commentary →